Stranded in rain, working pros pour out woes on Twitter

Working professionals who were stranded due to heavy rain on their way home, took to Twitter to vent their woes.

Pratyay Ghosh, a feature writer at Sportskeeda tweeted, “Its like #bangalore has never heard of a drainage system. I thought we perfected that during the Indus Valley Civilization...#Rain”. Another writer for Sportskeeda, Yash Asthana tweeted about how the city could not handle moderate rainfall. “Saw it in Gurgaon previous monsoon, and Bangalore this year...Our ‘cities’ lack basic infrastructure to tackle moderate rain #BangaloreRains,” tweeted Asthana.

Meanwhile, Ganesh tweeted, “ITPL – Tinfactory road is completely jammed from past 2 hrs we are in bus. If rain comes B’lore traffic is worst” with a picture. Ravi Daga, an engineer with an MNC returning from work tweeted, “Its high time Bangalore will become like Chennai if one or two such rain happens. Worst management. @BBMP_MAYOR.” Another commuter, Praveen P Raj, a photographer tweeted, “Currently I’m damn hungry, but stuck here in rain from past 30 minutes. Pouring non stop #BangaloreRains #Bangalore.”

Another resident, Arvind Jain tweeted, “The last 2kms to my place is going to take me 2 hrs. Rain brings Bangalore traffic to its knees.”

Srihari Kulkarni, who works at Fortive tweeted how Sarjapur Road sees huge traffic jams everyday. “Tech corridor Sarjapur ORR bleeds red everyday!!! @rk_mishra @CmofKarnataka @TVMohandasPai” tweeted a picture from the Google Maps. Ashok Prasad tweeted about the way traffic police managed traffic. “Bangalore city police managing traffic in different locations in heavy rains. One word ‘Terrific’ dedication. Keep it up!! @BlrCityPolice”

SWD encroachment

Residents of Balaji Layout said flooding in the area was caused by the encroachment of the storm water drain.

"Some people have encroached the storm water drain, blocking the flow of water. Every time there is rain, there is flooding with three feet of water in houses," the residents said.

The residents said repeated complaints to the BBMP has not yielded any results. "It seems officials are colluding with the encroachers. Our repeated complaints have seen no action," they added.